Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla
Gouache on Paper 1980
3 x 3 ins
whereabouts unknown
A small Gouache Bird Painting of a Blackcap produced
with a postage stamp design in mind. The style was
inspired by the work of English Watercolour Bird Painter
Michael Warren.
The Blackcap is a sparrow-size species of warbler.
The male has a melodious song and is known as the
"northern nightingale". The female is depicted here
bathing and contrary to its name has a brown head.
The Blackcap Bird Painting was painted when I was a
student at Barnsley school of art and it helped me to
become accepted onto the Wildlife Illustration course
at Dyfed College of Art in Carmarthen, Wales in 1981.
A signed card is available of this painting click here
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